Button.



No. 650,380. l Patented May' 29, |900.

W. B. H. DOWSE.

BUTTON.

(Application #led Mar. 11, 1899.) (No Model.)

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WILLIAM B. II. DOwsE, OF NEWTON,` MASSACHUSETTS, AssICNOR To 'ri-'IE CONSOLIDATED EASTENEE COMPANY, OE PORTLAND, MAINE;

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,380, dated May 29, 1900. Appiieuion nea March' 11,1899. semina. 708,647; (Nom-tau.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that l, WILLIAM B. H. DOWSE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons, of which the following is a full specification.

My invention relates to improvements in buttons of that kind or class adapted to be mechanically secured in position to a garment or other fabric.

I have fully and clearly illustrated the invention in the accompanying drawings, where- In- Figure 1 indicates a circular piece of flexible material adapted to serve as a covering to the button. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the cap-piece of the button, showing the depending annular flange in the position preliminary to being turned inward into clamping condition. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the collet, showing the depressed central portion withv central opening and the intermediate circular shoulder. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical central sectional view through the dome or anvil piece. Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the button and the eyelet, showing the parts in relative arrangement prior to being fastened together. Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical section through the parts united and fastened to a piece of fabric or other material.

Referring to the drawings, B designates the cap-piece, consisting of 'a dish of metal having its annular edge turned inward, as at b, forming an inturned annular flange, within which engages and is held the annular edge portion of the collet C.

C designates the collet, having a depressed central portion terminating in an annular shoulder c', beyond which the collet is eX- tended to reach Within the inturned annular flange b of the cap-piece and there held. In the center of the collet is formed an opening c, through which the stem of the eyelet projects into the dome or anvil.

On the seat formed in the collet is arranged the dome or anvil D, formed with an annular base-ange, which seats on the central depressed portion of the collet and the perimeter of which fits against the circular shoulder C', and is tlius held against lateral displacement. From the centralportion of the baseliange of the anvil projects the dome of the anvil, having its Walls flared and its closed head depressed, as at d', so that when the eyelet is passed through the mouth d of the anvil and forced inward the upper open end will engage the under surface of the anvil and be pressed outward and locked Within the annular groove in the head of -the anvil, which is formed by reason of the depressed head or roof and the flaring walls of the anvil, as indicated in the drawings.

The cover A is secured in position by having its edges turned inward and lapped over the annularedge of the cap-piece and there held by the clamping force of the edge of the collet, as shown in the drawings.

E designates the fastening-eyelet, consisting of a base-liange, from which rises a hollow Open-ended stem e, the upper open end of which is adapted to engage the fiaring under surface of the depressed roof of the anvil and be forced into the annular contracted Way or groove formed therein, as indicated in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

The parts of the button are assembled, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the anvil being disposed on the collet, with its dange seated in the seat formed therein and its head lodged against the cap, the collet being fixed with its edge portion within the annular inturned flange of the cap-piece and the coverA placed on top, with its edges turned under and sitting between the edges of the cap and collet and the whole pressed into clamping position by any suitable appliance. The button parts thus assembled are connectedor attached in position by means of the eyelet E, the stem or band of which is passed through the Inaterial, the central opening of the collet, and into the dome D, the upper end engaging the under flaring surface of the depressed head d', thereby being spread until the upper end portion of the stem is firmly lodged and engaged in the annular groove of the head.

The collet C, formed with the intermediate circular shoulder C', aifords a seat or support for t-he annular base-flange of the dome or anvil and prevents the dome from being displaced laterally, and also enables the parts to IOO be readily and conveniently arranged in position, and also imparts greater strength to the combined construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isv 1. A button consisting of a cap B, having an inturned annular fiange, a collet C having a central opening and having its edge secured in the inturned liange of the cap, and formed with an intermediate circular shoulder C', the anvil D, having an annular baselange seated on the collet Within the shoulder c anda depressed upper end, and an eyelet projected into the anvil with its upper end engaging and held by the depressed upper end of the anvil, substantially as specified.

2. A button comprising a cap-piece having an inturned annular liange, a collet having its perimetral edge secured Within the inturned annular ange of the cap and formed with an intermediate annular shoulder, a dome or anvil having an enlarged cent-rallydepressed head and an annular base-.flange y seated on the collet with its annular baseformed with an annular base-flange and hav-V ing its upper end opened and clamped into the enlarged end of the dome, substantially as specified.

3. A button comprising a cap B, having an inturned annular ange, a collet having its perimetral edge seated Within the inturned annular flange of the cap, and formed with a central depressed portion and annular shoulder surrounding the same, a cover having its inturned edge interposed between the inturned flange of the cap and the collet, a dome or anvil having a base-liange seated on the collet and within the annular shoulder thereof, and having the dome formed with flaring Walls and depressed top, and an eyelet formed with a base-flange and having its upper end secured in the upper end of the anvil, sub# stantially as specified.

In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

A. L. R. DESPEAUX, M.` WALSH. 

